[indiana-discuss] Partitions

[Tim Bray]

On Nov 1, 2007, at 2:19 PM, Sarah Jelinek wrote:

>> Indiana can install on to the whole disk or an existing Solaris  
>> partition. Since you are running on the live media, you can bring  
>> up a terminal window, fire up format, create a Solaris partition  
>> and restart the installer. This should allow you to install on  
>> that newly created partition.
>
> Actually, I meant 'fdisk' not format. Use fdisk to create the  
> Solaris partition, and fire up the installer, and on you go...

Actually, what you do is run format to pick the disk you're going to  
operate on, then pick its fdisk option.  Unless you really understand  
Solaris better than I do, it's not obvious what the rdevice argument  
to fdisk is.

The good thing is that if you fire up Firefox, the home page is The  
Right Place and you're one link away from detailed instructions.

-Tim